"Three other singles were released from the album: ""Find My Love"" (which reached number seven in the UK Singles Chart), ""A Smile in a Whisper"" (UK #75), and ""Clare"" (UK #49). ""The First of a Million Kisses"" won the award for British Album at the 1989 Brit Awards, and was certified double platinum in the UK. The photo on the album cover is from Magnum photographer Elliot Erwitt and was taken in 1955. All tracks written by Mark E. Nevin, except track 11 by Eddi Reader The following two tracks are available only on CD issues of the album: The"
"""The Academy of Fine Popular Music"". They subsequently formed Fairground Attraction, together with Simon Edwards (guitarrón – a Mexican acoustic bass guitar) and Roy Dodds (drums & percussion). In 1988 the band signed to RCA/BMG records and released their first single, ""Perfect"", which became a UK number one, winning best single at the 1989 BRIT Awards. Their first album, ""The First of a Million Kisses"", was also a success, reaching number two in the UK Albums Chart, and winning best album at the 1989 Brits. This success was short-lived, however. In November 1989, after a break, during which Reader had"
"their first UK top ten hit, ""The Love Cats"". Their 1987 album ""Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me"" saw them move into the mainstream and their 1989 album ""Disintegration"" was released to critical acclaim, reaching number three in the UK album chart. Brett Anderson and Mat Osman from Haywards Heath helped form Suede in 1989 and were hailed as ""the best new band in Britain"", winning the 1993 Mercury Prize for their debut album ""Suede"" and kick-starting the Britpop movement. Guitarist Richard Durrant also began his career in the 1980s; the house music of DJ John Digweed also rose to"
"The Millennium Collection: The Best of Kiss The Millennium Collection: The Best of Kiss released by Universal Music as part of their ""20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection series"", is an album that collects early material by the American rock band Kiss from 1974 to 1979. This collection was later re-released in 2010 as ""Icon"", as part of Universal Music's ""Icon"" series. This collection was then yet again re-re-released in a collection known as ""Playlist...Plus"", a three CD compilation consisting of this disc and Volumes 2 and 3 of the Millennium Collection. This album has been certified Gold, the"
"Double Platinum (Kiss album) Double Platinum is the first greatest hits album by the American hard rock band Kiss, released in 1978. Many of the songs on ""Double Platinum"" were remixed and differ from their original versions: in the case of ""Strutter,"" it was re-recorded with a slight disco beat and dubbed as ""Strutter '78."" Other songs (""Hard Luck Woman,"" ""Detroit Rock City"") had sections completely removed, while the beginning of ""Black Diamond"" was repeated at the end, fading out at the start of the first verse and giving the song a ""wrap around"" feel. The overall sound of the"
"Kiss discography The following is the discography of the American rock band Kiss. The group, formed in 1973, first consisted of bassist Gene Simmons, rhythm guitarist Paul Stanley, lead guitarist Ace Frehley and drummer Peter Criss. It is the most recognizable and successful line-up, which lasted until Criss' departure in 1980. The band is known for its make-up and stage antics, which influenced many artists who later used similar effects in their concerts. The band's eponymous debut album was released in 1974. Despite the constant touring and promotions, the album peaked at 87 on ""Billboard"", without the benefit of a"
"1 in the UK charts, although it only achieved a Gold certification in the US, in contrast to its four predecessors. During the following tour, the band headlined the Monsters of Rock festival at Donington Park for the first time on 20 August 1988, playing to the largest crowd in the festival's history, with an estimated 107,000 in attendance. Also included on the bill were Kiss, David Lee Roth, Megadeth, Guns N' Roses, and Helloween. The festival was marred, however, by the deaths of two fans in a crowd-surge during the aforementioned Guns N' Roses performance; the following year's festival"
"mixed by Alan Meyerson in L.A. in February, and the album mastered in March at Sterling Sound. Preceding the album, the first single, ""Pretty Boys And Pretty Girls"" was released on May 24, 1988. ""Pretty Boys And Pretty Girls"" became one of the first songs ever to address the issue of the AIDS epidemic with its lyric of ""Strangers in the night exchanging glances, but sex is dangerous, I don't take my chances...safe sex, safe sex."" The song became the band's highest charting single at no. 90 in the Billboard Hot 100, and the only moment crossing over into mainstream"
"The First Chapter (The Mission album) The First Chapter is a compilation album by gothic rock band The Mission. It gathered the material released on the first two EPs released through the Chapter 22 label. Titled ""I"" (featuring ""Serpents Kiss"") and ""II"" (featuring the double A-side ""Like a Hurricane"" and ""Garden of Delight"") the album was released on Mercury Records in June 1987. It includes all the songs from the first EP in its entirety, but omits the original versions of ""The Crystal Ocean"" (from the 12"") and ""Garden of Delight"" (from the 7"" and limited edition 12"") from the"
"group French Kiss, which existed between 1982 and 1984 and made two albums. Marlene and the Holmström sisters are Swedish-speaking Finns. The group's first album, ""A-Ho-Ho"", was released in Sweden in late 1986 and in the U.S. in February 1987, making number 19 on the Swedish album chart. The albums spawned the two singles, ""Do the Dance"" and ""Hoodoo Wanna Voodoo"", and despite receiving a fair amount of airplay in clubs, they failed to chart in their native Sweden. However, ""Hoodoo Wanna Voodoo"" was a popular hit in Poland. Despite this, their first hit came in October of that year,"
"million copies worldwide, 18 million of which sold in the United States, making it the best-selling debut album of all time in the U.S. During the band's performance at the Monsters of Rock festival in Castle Donington, England, in August 1988, two fans were crushed to death when many in the crowd of 107,000 began slam-dancing to ""It's So Easy"". Rose had halted the show several times to calm the audience. From then on, he became known for personally addressing disruptive fans and giving instructions to security personnel from the stage, at times stopping concerts to deal with issues in"
"Kiss (band) Kiss (often stylized as KISS) is an American rock band formed in New York City in January 1973 by Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons, Peter Criss, and Ace Frehley. Well known for its members' face paint and stage outfits, the group rose to prominence in the mid-to-late 1970s with their elaborate live performances, which featured fire breathing, blood-spitting, smoking guitars, shooting rockets, levitating drum kits, and pyrotechnics. The band has gone through several lineup changes, with Stanley and Simmons the only remaining original members. The original and best-known lineup consisted of Stanley (vocals and rhythm guitar), Simmons (vocals and"
"of their first single, Kennedy left the band and was replaced with a drum machine, dubbed ""Bonecrusher Roland"" by the band. Their debut single, ""100,000 Morrisseys"", appeared in late 1989, which was written by Aylward and Johnson. The lyrics deal with English rock group The Smiths' front man, Morrissey. The single received many negative reviews but was played on John Peel's radio show. It uses a sample of the beginning of ""This Charming Man"" and samples other Smiths' songs (including ""William, It Was Really Nothing"" and ""Accept Yourself"") throughout the track. It was seen by Jason Heller of The A.V."
"certified Gold by the RIAA and CRIA. The single ""Psycho Circus"" has been certified Gold by the IFPI Sweden. Kiss discography The following is the discography of the American rock band Kiss. The group, formed in 1973, first consisted of bassist Gene Simmons, rhythm guitarist Paul Stanley, lead guitarist Ace Frehley and drummer Peter Criss. It is the most recognizable and successful line-up, which lasted until Criss' departure in 1980. The band is known for its make-up and stage antics, which influenced many artists who later used similar effects in their concerts. The band's eponymous debut album was released in"
"the band had attracted the attention of the BBC Radio 1 DJ John Peel, who invited them to record the first of three sessions for his programme. The ""Up And Coming"" 12"" followed, then ""Girlfriend"" the following year, both on Way Cool Records. Their first album, ""Postcard CV"", was released in 1989, capturing the energy of their concerts by packing ten tracks into twenty two minutes. Record Collector called it ""sprightly pop-punk/ indie with touches of Buzzcocks and the Undertones"". The album was rounded off by ""Too Much Kissing"", which was released as a single and was to become their"
"single. The song was included on the band's first album, ""The First of a Million Kisses"", released later the same year. A copy of the song using another singer was used in television advertising for Asda in the late 1980s and early 1990s. It was re-released as a single in 1993 after it had reappeared on the compilation album ""Celtic Heart"". In the United States, the song peaked at number 80 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100. It also peaked at number 85 on the Hot Country Singles chart and number 23 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart, which was"
"by EMI. The band embarked on another UK tour to promote their début album ""Desert Orchid"", released in October 1988, along with another single, ""Rags"", and then toured Europe supporting Iggy Pop. They then released the ""Have Love, Will Travel"" EP (which reached #68) before embarking on yet another UK tour. In 1989, they made two brief tours of the United States, and appeared at the Reading Festival. At the behest of the British Council, they played an international music festival in Moscow, and in early 1990, along with Skin Games and Jesus Jones they became one of the first"
"June 1988 with ""Wow!"" (1987), and earned Brit Award nominations for Best British Single for ""Love in the First Degree"", and Best Music Video for their 1988 hit cover of The Supremes single ""Nathan Jones"". Fahey left the group in 1988 and formed Shakespears Sister, best known for the UK number one ""Stay"" (1992). She was replaced by Jacquie O'Sullivan. This line-up had UK top five hits with ""I Want You Back"" (1988) and The Beatles track ""Help!"" (1989), recorded with comedy duo French and Saunders for the charity Comic Relief. In 1989 they embarked on their first world tour."
"were sold in the United States, making it the best-selling debut album of all time in the U.S. In the summer of 1988, the band achieved its only U.S. No. 1 hit with ""Sweet Child o' Mine,"" a song spearheaded by Slash's guitar riff and solo. In November of that year, Guns N' Roses released ""G N' R Lies"", which sold over five million copies in the U.S. alone, despite containing only eight tracks, four of which were included on the previously released EP ""Live ?!*@ Like a Suicide"". As their success grew, so did interpersonal tensions within the band."
"band's 30th gold album. The Millennium Collection: The Best of Kiss The Millennium Collection: The Best of Kiss released by Universal Music as part of their ""20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection series"", is an album that collects early material by the American rock band Kiss from 1974 to 1979. This collection was later re-released in 2010 as ""Icon"", as part of Universal Music's ""Icon"" series. This collection was then yet again re-re-released in a collection known as ""Playlist...Plus"", a three CD compilation consisting of this disc and Volumes 2 and 3 of the Millennium Collection. This album has"
"and released the singles, ""Cavalry of Cloud"" and ""Anatomy of Love"". In 1987, the band released their first of four albums: ""Helleborine"". Named after the Helleborine orchid said to have the power to cure madness, the album was recorded at Abbey Road Studios with producer Haydn Bendall. ""Helleborine"" included an assortment of guest musicians including Stuart Elliott (the drummer for Kate Bush), and Kate's brother Paddy Bush. In 1989, they released ""Century Flower"". So called after a flower that blooms only once in its lifetime, this album was intended to mark ""an event which affects enormous change, maybe once in"
"and recorded two albums, ""Kiss of Life"" in 1989, followed by ""Heavenly Bodies"". The band's highest-charting American single emerged in August 1990 when ""Jealous"", the major single from ""Kiss of Life"", reached #68 on the Billboard's Hot 100 and #1 on its Modern Rock chart. Three years later, Jay Aston and company released ""Heavenly Bodies"", which did well in Portugal. Unfortunately, due to the band's American label Savage Records' collapse Jay said he felt the band were ""forced into hiatus"". In 1993 Michael and Jay reformed GLJ, signed a contract with Carl Leighton Pope management and assembled a new line-up."
"in several other European countries, but made little impact in the United States. Their debut album, ""Bridge of Spies"" (simply called ""T'Pau"" in the USA), also reached number 1 and went quadruple platinum in the UK. The album produced a total of five hit singles including ""Valentine"", ""Sex Talk"" (a live recording of early flop single, ""Intimate Strangers""), and ""I Will Be with You"". 1988 saw the release of their second album ""Rage"", which peaked at No. 4 in the UK and reached platinum status there, but failed to come close to the level of success of the band's debut"
"And Pink"", ""Only The Brave/Plan It Earth"", ""Share It"", ""Videos"", ""Heather"", ""Keep On Caring"", ""Emily"", ""Felafel Shuffle"", ""Going for a Song"", ""Back to Front"", ""Cruising"", ""Halfway Between Heaven and Earth"", ""It Didn't Matter Anyway"", ""Golf Girl"". On their first album, ""Caravan of Dreams"" (1992), the band consisted of Richard Sinclair (guitar, vocals, bass on studio tracks), Dave Sinclair (keyboards), Jimmy Hastings (flute, saxophone), Andy Ward (drums), Rick Biddulph (live bass), Michael Heupel (flute) and Alan Clarke (harmonica). A double live album followed: ""An Evening Of Magic"" (1993), recorded in Italy. Latterly in 1993, Sinclair moved on to his ""RSVP"" album"
"The first single, ""Boogie Oogie Oogie"", from their debut album ""A Taste of Honey"", spent three weeks at #1 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 in 1978, and sold two million copies. The group was awarded two platinum records for the single and album, and won the Grammy Award for Best New Artist at the 20th Grammys on February 15, 1979. Janice–Marie Johnson calls the single her ""lifeline"" and credits Capitol Records executive, Larkin Arnold, with ensuring they owned their own publishing. Their subsequent disco releases, such as ""Do It Good"" (#79 in 1979) from ""Another Taste"", and ""Rescue Me"" (1980)"
"backgrounds of the members. The band recorded demos that were paid for by EMI Records, but the label declined to sign them. Virgin Records expressed interest in signing the group in the UK for European releases, while Epic Records handled the US and North American distribution. They recorded their debut album ""Kissing to Be Clever"" (UK No. 5, US No. 14,) and it was released in 1982. The single ""Do You Really Want to Hurt Me?"", became an international hit, reaching No. 1 in a dozen countries around the world, plus top ten in several more countries (US No. 2)."
"studio in September that year to record a self-financed first EP ""A Wonderful Day"". After signing with Polydor Records for £80,000 in 1987, the group released a series of singles including ""Unbearable"", ""Give Give Give, Me More More More"", ""A Wish Away"" and ""It's Yer Money I'm After Baby"" (their first Top 40 entry) which were featured on their debut album ""The Eight Legged Groove Machine"" in August 1988 (UK No. 18). The group then embarked on their first headlining nineteen date 'Groovers On Manoeuvres' UK tour. They released ""Who Wants to Be the Disco King?"" in March 1989, and"
"and Trademark Office, with ownership and licensing rights held by Simmons and Stanley. The Spaceman makeup design was sold to Simmons and Stanley by Ace Frehley. Kiss (band) Kiss (often stylized as KISS) is an American rock band formed in New York City in January 1973 by Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons, Peter Criss, and Ace Frehley. Well known for its members' face paint and stage outfits, the group rose to prominence in the mid-to-late 1970s with their elaborate live performances, which featured fire breathing, blood-spitting, smoking guitars, shooting rockets, levitating drum kits, and pyrotechnics. The band has gone through several"
"on the debut KISS album, also came to play keyboard on some songs. They decided to call the band Message. They had their own company, their own publishing deal. Therefore, they weren't capable of putting out many records. Their first album was self-titled, they pressed about 1800 copies and they sold it out of the trunk of their car. In 1982, the band managed to get some concert dates as an opening act for Joe Cocker, who was doing a small scale tour. The band got a great reception; however, they had to quit touring, due to the fact that"
"Dragon's Kiss Dragon's Kiss is the first studio album by guitarist Marty Friedman, released on August 8, 1988 through Shrapnel Records (United States) and Roadrunner Records (Europe). In a contemporary review, Holger Stratmann of ""Rock Hard"" did not recommend the album, but considered it as ""quite good"" in mixing ""speed and folkloric influences from his old days in Hawaii"" with ""the typical and probably indispensable nature of the Shrapnel horde."" Andy Hinds of AllMusic considered ""Dragon's Kiss"" an excellent album, and wrote that it ""may be the most definitive sampling of Friedman's talents available."" Martin Popoff in his ""Collector's Guide"
"signed by White Jazz Records and they released their debut album ""Supershitty to the Max!"" in June 1996. The album was recorded all live in only 26 hours. The band won a Swedish Grammy for the album. Anders ""Boba Fett"" Lindström, guitarist of the Swedish rock band The Diamond Dogs, was then recruited to play keyboards shortly before they supported Kiss on their Scandinavian dates in June 1997. The band recorded their follow-up album ""Payin' the Dues"" in February 1997. The record barely managed to break into the top 20 in Sweden and the top 30s in Finland. Andersson then"
"so the people using the subway in Paris was very eclectic. There was people from a lot of different countries, different cultures. So we have to be able to play all kind of music to please all the people in a subway. So that was a perfect school to learn a lot of different styles of music."" Starting on a smaller label, the group released a reworked version of the Hot Pants single ""Mala Vida"" in 1988, which quickly became a hit in France. The group soon moved to Virgin Records, and their first album ""Patchanka"" was released the following"
"Magazine's reader's pop poll Best Newcomer of the Year 1992. The band's first album sold over two million copies in the United States, and was certified double platinum by the RIAA. The band's third and most successful single, ""Love of a Lifetime,"" reached No. 3 selling over 500,000 copies. Other singles also charted including the harder-rocking ""Don't Treat Me Bad"" at No. 14. The first single from the album, ""Shake & Tumble"" enjoyed success on the radio and brought attention to the band, but it failed to chart on the Pop charts, although it did at Metal radio. The album"